Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-21

the Abilene Gazette. on the prospect of
Logansport for county seat of Logan
county, Kansas. 1t was a tolerably fair
statement, but it was unfair and untrue
in some respects. 1t comedies that there
should be but two competitors for cOun-
ty seat hOnOrs, namely: Russell Springs
and Logansport 1t claims, for its first
argument, that the Union Pacific Town
Site Company proposes to deposit in the
Bank of Oakley bond for $4,000 for
the county to use in constructing large
and substantial court house That means
simply nothing if the people will vote the
county seat at Logansport. about miles
from the center of the county, and if
this bond proves good they may build a
court house. The company will run no
risk. and if it like the railroad it dom
represent, and which has nothing what
ever to do with town sites. the court
house will never be built, and if it did it
would be after the present generation
passes away-judging from the snail-like
ways of the Union Pacific railroad.
On the other hand Russell Springs is
now erecting court house at their own
expense, and it will be all done by the
next election, and it is located within
one mile of the center of the county
Russell Springs don't try to creep behind
a grinding corporation and foist such a
company as the Union Pacific railroad
company upon the people. Everybody
knows that if their salvation for anything
depended on the K. F. r. r. company
they would surely go to the neither world
The article further mentions that Arch
lie Williams and H. p. Dillon are the
landed proprietors of LOgansport. and
are Union Pacific officials, who simply
CONTROL the Union Pacific railroad. We
freely admit they are able attorneys, and
receive good fat salary, but was any
thing more preposterous and absurd ut
tered. than that they simply CONTROL the
UuiOn Pacific railroad? 1t needs no ar
gument, because everybody in Logan
county knows they have no such power,
and it is all buncombe to say they have
No records show that the Union Pacific
r. r. Co. have anything to do with Lo
gansport or McAllaster, and the home
steaders of Logan county are beginning
to find it out. and that those two towns
have come in to start up wrangle over
county seat. and sow discord and dissen-
tiOn..
One point more: The article above al
mded to, claims Russell Springs is con-
trOlled almost entirely by one individual.
a capitalist. money lender. and chattel
mortgage fiend. who is meant James s.
Warden, the man who has no equal in
executive ability and business qualifica-
tons in Kansas. He is a capitalist, but
deals honestly and fairly and don't grind
the people. The people of Thomas coun-
ty know he has done more for Colby than
any other man. He was the chief cause
of the erection of the Newell House. the
best hotel west of Topeka. and the First
National Bank and brick store. So it
comes to us as mere twaddlc to say aught
against man than whom no one does
more for town in which he is interest
ed.
If it were known that McA'laster and
LOgansport were really K. p. r. II. Co.
towns they would die bOrnin. Such
a love have the homesteaders for com
pany that own / or more of the land
in Logan county and don't pay one cent
taxes, and won't if they can help it. Rus
sci Springs started first, has put thousands
of dollars into the town, and are of the
of Logan county, and not
simply interlopers, and there for small
stake. She is there to stay and stand by
the people, and we think they will see it
in that light. Vive la Russell Springs.